Kato RSC-2 grab irons

I recently purchased the SAL Kato RSC-2 and it is a very nice model but I am having a few problems.

First I am not quite sure what color the grad irons should be. I have the books Seaboard: Motive Power by Calloway and Wilthers and the book Through the Heart of the South by Johnson but neither have good color pictures of the RSC-2. In the back of motive power the Seaboard Charts say the grad irons should be yellow. If any one knows the specific colors pleas e-mail me and list it by the Kato part number.

Secondly I have painted the grad irons yellow like the book says. (I will remove them If I was wrong.) How do you get those little suckers in the hole. I tried for a long time and did not have much success at all. Please help me.

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I'm not sure of the correct color(s) of the grab irons.....may be black as delivered, but painted yellow later on.
I initially had the same difficulty in inserting all of the grab irons and even the horns. I took a very sharp Exacto blade and carefully reamed the outer edge of the hole. All of the grabs and horns then firmly fit in the holes. You could also take a drill to the holes, but I consider this method much quicker.

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David, I second your feelings about the RSC2 grabirons. I spent an
entire Sunday afternooon on the project. The result was that I got ONE
grab in the holes and developed a terrific headache. I was beginning
to feel that I'm just too clumsy to do it. It's good to know that
there is a fellow sufferer. Let's hope that someone can help us to
solve this puzzle. Jim Roquemore